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I think it's any marijuana use, not just smoking: The primary exposure for our study was any recent cannabis use, categorized as a binary outcome. In the BRFSS
by notJim 5y ago
I think it's any marijuana use, not just smoking:
The primary exposure for our study was any recent cannabis use, categorized as a binary outcome. In the BRFSS, participants were asked, “During the past 30 days, on how many days did you use [marijuana or hashish (2017)] [marijuana or cannabis (2018)]?” We defined any recent cannabis use as using cannabis 1 or more time during the past 30 days.
- bialpio 5y agoResults for other methods of consumption were not statistically significant: "Similarly, a higher odds of history of MI was observed with vapourization as a primary method of cannabis consumption (adjusted OR 2.26, 95% CI 0.58–8.82) and other forms of cannabis consumption, including edibles (adjusted OR 2.36, 95% CI 0.81–6.88) when compared with nonusers; however, these were not statistically significant."
- elliekelly 5y agoWhen they say "primary method of cannabis consumption" do they mean the primary method of consumption in the past 30 days? Or do they mean the primary method of lifetime consumption? I'm also not sure "primary method of consumption" is the right question to ask? If someone smokes three days a week and has edibles the other four their primary method would be edibles but that doesn't erase the risk of the smoking.
- bialpio 5y agoCDC has archival surveys at https://www.cdc.gov/brfss/questionnaires/index.htm https://www.cdc.gov/brfss/questionnaires/index.htm The phrasing based on 2018 form was: "During the past 30 days, which one of the following ways did you use marijuana the most often? Did you usually…"